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If you can locate a gen & have steady hands, you might also want to replace the crown on the dial (DJ dial is a donor)

I hope whatever it is is worth the suspense.

Do you know how to enter 'Rolex clock' on ebay (returns 3 Rolex clocks )?

Kind of old news, but still true, as I can attest to personally. The article is especially interesting for its comments on the passing (several years ago) of large, obvious watches in favor of smaller, classically understated models). I still have my 1st watch (given to me when I was 6), which underwent its last overhaul a couple of years ago (there is a thread journaling the process around here somewhere) My 1st digital from the 70s, which still gets worn every once in awhile (Yes, the 'Yesterday' button is missing)

ebay.

I ask at every jewelry shop I pass in my normal travels. You are playing the odds -- the more you ask, the better your odds of finding what you need. Of course, you only get lucky once out of every 10-20 tries, but that is the way to find hens teeth.

No, I did not try either of those, but I did hear Shure's top-end SE535s, which were nice, but a bit too bloated in the bottom end (like most better headphones). With headphones, my primary goal is flat response & it seems that few actually achieve flatness -- at least in the case of those that are designed to be flat. In the end, I settled on UE's Reference Monitors, which were designed in tandem with engineers from Capitol (Records) Studios, whose goal was to produce a flat-response for engineers & producers. These are customs (made to fit my ears), so it will be a few weeks before I receive them.

Your best sources are older/retired watchmakers who work on everything, not the guys who specialize in Rolex. The problem with older GMT parts is that, unlike other models, the GMT parts were not interchangeable with other non-GMT watches & Rolex generally only produced them for 20 or so years after production ceased. That leaves a tiny number of spare parts, which are rare & expensive in the hands of watchmakers who specialize in Rolex. To the older repair-anything guys, these parts are just old, commodity items. I cannot tell you how many times I heard 'Why do you want these old parts? No one uses them anymore. Why don't you just buy a new watch?' This is why (All gen except for the insert & repainted (gen) dial)

Sold. Here is the money Send me the car.

Best to stick with known sellers.

Ending the work week wearing my black '42

Even though seller has little history, the watch looks legit to me.

I converted a 1036 over to 1036GMT for my Phase II 6542 & if you think it is difficult/expensive to source parts for a 15xxGMT....... As you surmised, the height difference is due to the slightly taller calendar ring. You MUST use the specified ring, otherwise, the date disc will come into contact with the underside of the dial & cause it to stick or bog-down during date changes. All in all, it took me nearly 2 years to source all of the parts for the 1036GMT conversion, many of which came from retired watchmakers I located through networking. Every time you pass a jewelry store, ask if they have an in-house or local watchmaker they can recommend. These are the types of guys who can be invaluable since they often have these hard-to-find Rolex parts sitting in the bottom of their spare parts box. I know it has been said before, in the case of DW Daytonas & the like, but this level of construction is truly not for the faint-of-heart (or light of purse).

Side profile of gen (minus gasket)

Hard to tell without seeing both side-by-side under the same light. My guess, based on the size/shape of the crown, is not gen. For reference, here is a gen service xtal As a rule, I would never buy a gen xtal from someone I do not know, especially, when it is not in the original (sealed) Rolex packaging & from a seller with at least a 98% or better history of selling Rolex parts.

If none of the attendees are serious Rolex-heads, you are probably right. That assumes, however, that I take the 'Benz that day Either way, if any are serious Rolex collectors, especially if armed with a loupe...............

After you have been in the game for awhile, you learn that marketing superlatives need to be taken in faith, not fact.

Nice.

Still wearing this since since I put it on for dinner last night

If nothing else, it looks like someone finally got the ROLEXROLEXROLEX on the interior flange engraved (as opposed to laser etched) & with the correct alignment.

I should be in town then & would consider going, but that is a gen forum & all of my divers (6536/1, 5514 & DRSD) are frankens -- all gen-powered, but with modded/aftermarket dials, which a few of those guys might be good enough to ID. I suppose I could squeak through with my 6202 Turn-o-graph, since it is gen & was the basis for the Sub. But the watch itself is not a divers watch (boo, hiss)

Based on what I have read about them, I have mixed feelings. But if I can find them available for demo, I will certainly give them a listen. In general, my preference is for flat/linear freq response, which eliminates many models due to their having been purposely designed with built-in frequency peaks & troughs.

An update on my adventures through headphone land -- After spending more time with the MDTs, I came to the conclusion that they are too colored for me. If you can imagine the typical loud car stereo - thumping bass with weak highs - you have a good idea how they sound, tonally. What the MDTs do well is resolving very low level details. For example, they are light years ahead of anything else I compared them with at revealing digital artifacts in .mp3 recordings. Through them, I was able to identify a small number of .mp3s on my ipod that, unbeknownst to me, were recorded at 192khz (or lower - I thought everything on my ipod was recorded @ 320khz with a handful of sneaky 256khz's in the mix). In fact, even after the MDTs revealed digititus in a particular recording (so I was conscious of it), I was still unable to detect it with any of the other headphones I had auditioned. Unfortunately, even with their amazing resolving capabilities, the MDT's bassy nature eventually wore me out. So I returned them. I would say that if you are a bass freak (or enjoy the type of car stereo sound I described earlier), the MDTs should be at the top of your list. They really are a great headphone if you prize emotion (bass) over flatness. So, I am now back on the audition circuit............another day older, but also a bit wiser.

No idea why PC's prices have gone up, but the $ has been on a (severe) downward slide for the past couple of years. Rolex just upped their prices, significantly, likely for that reason.